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Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Free Black woman refused legal residence in Providence during the War of 1812 - Manuscript Document View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1814)HeadlineFree Black woman refused residence in Rhode IslandDate Published1814 Lot #5 Fugitive Slave woman on the run, North Carolina letter View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1825)Headline1825 Fugitive Slave woman on the run, North Carolina letterDate Published1825 Lot #6 Negroes and Negro "Slavery;" the first, an inferior race, the latter its normal condition. Introductory number: causes of popular delusion on the subject View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1854)AuthorVan Evrie, John H.HeadlineScientific support of Slavery 1854PublisherDay Book OfficeDate Published[1854] Lot #7 NY Black Abolitionist (and future San Francisco journalist) - jobs for fugitive slaves View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1856)Headline1856 NY Black Abolitionist jobs for fugitive slavesDate Published1856 Lot #8 A Letter to the Hon. Benjamin R. Curtis, Late Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, in review of his recently published pamphlet on the ‘Emancipation Proclamation’ of the President View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1862 - Emancipation Proclamation)AuthorKirkland, Charles P.HeadlinePublication of First legal defence of Emancipation ProclamationPublisherLatimer Bros. & SeymourDate Published1862 Lot #9 Eight slave-related Civil War 'patriotic covers' (illustrated envelopes) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1863-64 - Civil War)Headline8 Civil War slave-related "patriotic covers" (illustrated envelopes)Date Publishedn.d. Lot #10 ‘Poem that Made the Negro a Soldier’ View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1864 - Civil War)AuthorO’Reilly, Miles (pseudonym of Charles Halpine)Headline‘Poem that Made the Negro a Soldier’, 1864 Autograph ManuscriptDate Publishedca. 1864 Lot #11 Letter as 20 year-old teacher View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1877)AuthorWashington, Booker T.HeadlineBooker T. Washington letter as 20 year-old teacher, 1877Date Published1877 Lot #12 1st Black Harvard graduate, letter as Republican ‘good soldier’ View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1884)Headline1st Black Harvard graduate as Republican ‘good soldier’, 1884 letterDate Published1884 Lot #13 1st ‘scientific’ studies of 'Negro Intelligence' View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1913-16)Headline'Negro Intelligence', 1st ‘scientific’ studies, 1913-16 Lot #14 Last ‘All Colored Cast’ Silent Movies, Ephemera View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1922-1928)HeadlineLast African-American silent movies, 1922-28 ephemeraPublisherNorman Film Manufacturing Co.Date Published1922-28 Lot #15 NAACP leader’s novel of Southern lynchings and ‘barbarities”, letter to a white reader View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1926)AuthorWhite, Walter F.HeadlineNAACP leader writes of lynching in the rural South, 1926 letterDate Published1926 Lot #16 Famed Black woman sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance encounters racism on a Boston bus, 1928 letter View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1928)AuthorFuller, Meta V.W.HeadlineFamed Black woman scultpress of the Harlem Renaissance, 1928 letterDate Published1928 Lot #17 Early Black pictorial magazine of the Depression-era, only known copy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1939)Headline1938 Black pictorial magazine, only known copyDate Published1939 Lot #18 Black Jazz Club in 1940s San Francisco View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1945)Headline1940s San Francisco Black Jazz ClubDate Published1945-46 Lot #19 African-American master artist Charles White, 4 illustrated ephemeral items View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1962-2009 Black master artist Charles White)HeadlineBlack master artist Charles White, 1962-2009Date Published1962-2009 Lot #25 Two letters from George Balsley to his friend Bertie, written from New York, in one describing the America's Cup yacht race View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(America's Cup)AuthorBalsley, GeorgeHeadlineLetter about watching America's Cup races 1899Date Published1899 Lot #28 Missionary and famed orthographer among the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi and Oklahoma - letter View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(American Indians – Choctaw, ‘Trail of Tears’)AuthorBanks, Daniel C.HeadlineMissionary, famed orthographer among the Choctaw Indians, 1834 letterDate Published1834 Lot #33 Lease for Chinese sharecrop farmers, Butte County View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Asian-American - Chinese, 1880)Headline1880 Lease for Chinese Sharecroppers, Butte County, CaliforniaDate Published1880 Lot #37 Author of a Japanese-American classic, rare 1934 letter View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Asian-American – Japanese, 1898-1934)AuthorOyabe, JenichiroHeadlineAuthor of Japanese-American literary milestone, rare 1934 letterDate Published1934 Lot #60 Manuscript notebook for surveys at Chili Camp Gulch, Calaveras County View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Calaveras County)AuthorLivermore, W.W.HeadlineSurveyor's notebooks of Chili Gulch Cal.Date Published1890 Lot #63 The Kern County Land Company (Incorporated) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - Kern County)HeadlineRare Kern Count promotional with photogravures 1892PublisherKern County Land CompanyDate Published1892 Lot #96 Manuscript diary of an emigrant to California, kept sporadically from her(?) arrival in June of 1868 until departing for the east in May 1870 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorRice, A.HeadlineCalifornia diary 1868-70Date Published1868-1870 Lot #107 Letter - Guerrillas and “devilish Secesh” in a violent border state View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War – Missouri)HeadlineCivil War Missouri - Letter - Guerrillas and “devilish Secesh”Date Published1862 Lot #195 Letter on the Hawaiian monarchist rebellion of 1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Hawaii - 1895 Revolution)Headline1895 Letter Hawaiian Monarchist RebellionDate Published1895 Lot #232 Commonplace book of Amelia Bigelow View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Massachusetts - woman's commonplace book)AuthorBigelow, AmeliaHeadlineMassachusetts woman's commonplace book 1810Date Published[1810-11] Lot #274 Ten volumes signed by American political figures View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Signed books - Political biographies)HeadlineTen signed by American political figuresDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #296 Lord John Film Festival View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorYellin, Herb, editorHeadlineLord John FIlm Festival 1 of 174 copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published2006 Lot #297 Lord John Film Festival - Presentation copy View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorYellin, Herb, editorHeadlineLord John Film Festival Presentation Copy & Trade EditionPublisherLord John PressDate Published2006 Lot #354 The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBuxton, Thomas FowellHeadlineThe African Slave Trade and Its Remedy 1840PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1840 Lot #414 Influential American missionary to Korea, 1903 letter View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Korea, 1903)HeadlineInfluential American missionary to Korea, 1903 letterDate Published1903 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next